Life After the Playing Field: Understanding the Postgraduate Career Transitions of Black Women College Athletes

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  In Roundtable Session: Black Women, Labor, and Leadership in College Athletics

Abstract

This qualitative research study will employ antiblackness and misogynoir as frameworks to explore the racialized and gendered experiences of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Black women college athletes, and the role those experiences play in their postgraduate career transition decision making processes. The findings from this study will provide a deeper understanding of how Black women college athletes' navigate institutions and their career development processes; and provide ways for college athletic stakeholders, administrators, and higher education professionals to engage and support Black women athletes on their campuses in culturally relevant ways.

Author

• Briana Savage, University of California - Riverside